Manage large projects by identifying their key characteristics, examining the key factors and risks that affect their performance and exploring methods to counter their impact on the successful delivery of projects.Looking into examples of best practice, you’ll explore the relationship between projects, programmes and portfolios. You’ll also discover the roles performed by the project manager, examine the difficulties associated with quantifying transaction costs in major project management and consider how different management approaches impact on these costs. Optimism bias and strategic misinterpretation regularly cause delays to major engineering projects. Using stimulating case studies, you’ll evaluate the measures of success and compare and contrast ‘project success’ versus ‘project management success’. In the final week of the course, you’ll research and present a contemporary example of a major engineering project from your own country.
This course explores concepts analysed in the University’s Online MSc in Engineering Management. If you are interested to develop your skills further, take a look at our online degree.
Understand the key phases of a project life cycle
Discriminate between projects, programmes and portfolios and identify the key characteristics of major projects
Define forms of bias and strategic misinterpretation and ways of mitigating against them
Analyse the cost and time performance indicators of major projects
Syllabus
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week 1
Major engineering project performance
Week 2
Programmes, portfolios and transaction costs
Week 3
Time and cost in major projects
Week 4
Project management success vs project success
Week 5
Project
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Is financial aid available?
Yes. In select learning programs, you can apply for financial aid or a scholarship if you can’t afford the enrollment fee. If fin aid or scholarship is available for your learning program selection, you’ll find a link to apply on the description page.
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This course has been a revelation for me. It takes you through all the modules in way that is easy to understand and rich in content.
Excellent material - I have over 30 years experience - but am still learning!
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This course presents much more than expected at the intermediate level. Its comprehensive and accommodating in all aspect of delivery.
AWESOME PROCESS OF LEARNING!!!! The best course I've ever taken so far. Very clear, original, and really highlight the important topics with an extra case study. Just, AWESOME!
